Seven Pounds, although it's not so much an example of a 'twist ending' as it is an example of 'the whole movie is predicated on you dying to know what's revealed at the end, and is barely watchable even the first time'
― radric in manehattan (some dude), Sunday, 6 December 2009 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Citizen Kane counts right?
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 6 December 2009 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm thinking that Rosebud was just a Macguffin and it wasn't very important to the movie that it turned out to be a sled.
― B'wana Beast, Sunday, 6 December 2009 02:20 (fourteen years ago) link
The Sixth Sense was cornpone predated by Jacob's Ladder, Carnival of Souls, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Siesta, An Incident at Owl Creek Bridge, and who knows what else.
― B'wana Beast, Sunday, 6 December 2009 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Any book written by Christopher Priest.
― Borinquen C (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 December 2009 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
(Based on extrapolation from the ones that I've read)
― Borinquen C (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 December 2009 03:49 (fourteen years ago) link
tl;dr but i agree with the premise that empire >>>> the usual suspects!
― ian, Sunday, 6 December 2009 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Usual Suspects was entirely boned by the audience hearing Spacey's voice in the opening scene. Overacting was fun though.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 6 December 2009 03:56 (fourteen years ago) link
April Fool's Day sorta obviates the entire story to make there no actual horror at all. Yet I still love it
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Saturday, 12 November 2022 00:51 (one year ago) link
Se7en
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 12 November 2022 01:43 (one year ago) link
think the idea is "a cop would uphold the law and AWWEST the guy but he succumbed to his rage".
i totally called what was in the box
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Saturday, 12 November 2022 01:45 (one year ago) link
Sure, that's "the idea", but the filmmakers are pretending that has any force against the audience's desire to see vengeance done: "you wanted him to keep his cool, but, oh dear!!"
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 12 November 2022 01:54 (one year ago) link